Toilets with a small footprint

mdispensaAugust 20, 2013

I have a small bathroom and want the toilet to take up as little room as possible especially in the front-to-back dimension. Therefore, I think the oval bowl is out and am find with a more round one. What's the latest thoughts about the height of the seat?

The shortest ones, front-to-back, that I have found are the American Standard Colony FitRight Round Front toilet at 26.5"; and Kohler San Raphael and Rialto, --in round front versions-- which are both between 25-26".

The American Standard is a typical, inexpensive, two-piece toilet. The Kohler models are kind of expensive one-piece toilets and I have read some complaints about their function

I am considering the AS Colony. I don't know about its function. I am considering it, because of it's short length for a basement bathroom.

If you are remodeling the entire bathroom and can move plumbing you could do a wall hung toilet with an in-wall carrier system (Geberit and Toto make them). They are about 22" long because the tank is in the wall. But the outlet for the toilet is also in the wall not underneath in the floor, so that requires moving the plumbing.

Well, dang. That would look awful, wouldn't it? The Euro-look in the wall is the way to go, then. I've been looking at loos, too, for a powder room refresh and wondering if I dare swap out my round for oval.